Sadly, pilotchute is correct. Australian companies seem to require the one thing that you don’t have on your CV. Won’t be long before some HR drongo will demand Cold WX Ops experience as a pre-requisite.
I left Oz in 1987 and never returned. Never, ever regretted a single moment had an interesting, fun and lucrative career. I strongly recommend taking the risk and going OS, suddenly your horizons, networks and opportunities expand dramatically.
Sure, there are crap jobs out there, take them, use them and move on to better jobs when they come up.The key to survival is remembering that aviation wasn’t invented in Australia.